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Showing words for PALTRY using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Paltry

paltry, partly, raptly

5 Letter Words for Paltry

aptly, artly, lyart, parly, party, patly, platy, praty, pylar, pyral, trypa, typal, yrapt

4 Letter Words for Paltry

arty, aryl, atry, lyra, palt, paly, parl, part, paty, payt, plat, play, prat, pray, pyal, pyat, pyla, rapt, ryal, tarp, trap, tray, tryp, yarl

3 Letter Words for Paltry

alp, alt, aly, apl, apr, apt, art, ary, atp, ayr, lap, lar, lat, lay, ltr, pal, par, pat, pay, ply, pry, pta, pty, pya, pyr, rap, rat, ray, rly, rpt, rya, tal, tap, tar, tay, tlr, tra, trp, try, typ, tyr, yap, yar, yat

Definitions for Paltry

[1] ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
[2] utterly worthless.
[3] mean or contemptible: a paltry coward.
[4] insignificant; meagre
[5] worthless or petty

Words related to Paltry

measly, insignificant, meager, miserable, pitiful, trivial, puny, base, beggarly, cheap, common, contemptible, despicable, ineffectual, limited, low, mean, minor, narrow, petty

Words nearby Paltry

palstave, palsy, palsy-walsy, palter, paltrow, paltry, paludal, paludamentum, paludism, paludrine, palustrine

Origin of Paltry

1560–70; < Low German paltrig ragged, equivalent to *palter rag (dialectal German Palter ) + -ig -y1

Words that may be confused with Paltry

paltry, poultry

Other words from Paltry

pal·tri·ly , adverb
pal·tri·ness , noun
un·pal·try , adjective

Word origin for Paltry

C16: from Low Germanic palter, paltrig ragged

Synonyms for Paltry

insignificant, meager, measly, miserable, pitiful, puny, trivial, base, beggarly, cheap, common, contemptible, derisory, despicable, inconsiderable, ineffectual, limited, low, low-down, mean, minor, narrow, petty, picayune, piddling, set, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, slight, small, sorry, trashy, trifling, unconsequential, unimportant, vile, wretched